California Tiki, Polynesian Pop

[Benny Bunter]

hulabilly

 

[william_kent]

roots of TIKI / EXOTICA



Eden Ahbnez - Nature Boy

from at least the 1940s, he traveled in sandals and wore shoulder-length hair and beard, and white robes. He camped out below the first L in the Hollywood Sign above Los Angeles and studied Asian mysticism. He slept outdoors with his family and ate vegetables, fruit, and nuts. He claimed to live on $3 per week.

 

[Benny Bunter]

 

[0bleak]

 

[sus]

A cowboy took a trip to hawaii

You know there is something about frontiers here

About how Polynesia in some sense replaced the Wild West in the cultural imaginary the edge of the map. Herodotus stuff. Here be dragons

 

[IdleRich]

roots of TIKI / EXOTICA



Eden Ahbnez - Nature Boy

Was just about to post this... thanks for saving me the trouble

 

[sus]

This adapted from the Michener novel

 

[IdleRich]

You know there is something about frontiers here

About how Polynesia in some sense replaced the Wild West in the cultural imaginary the edge of the map. Herodotus stuff. Here be dragons

And also the wider point about diminishing returns as people seek more and more outre things.

 

[Benny Bunter]

One of those old 50s recordings that's so otherworldly it's hard to believe it actually exists - most people will know it from the Mars Attacks soundtrack, they used it cos it's scii fi.

I suppose it's the slide guitar that links country music to Hawaii and Polynesia, the spooky ambience and the falsettos and yodels.

 

[william_kent]

ORIGINAL JUNGLE!



The Nite Cats - Jungle

 

[william_kent]

my childhood 'awakenings' were composed of the "voodoo"drums scenes from SHE



SHE - HAMMER 1965

 

[0bleak]

 

[william_kent]

my childhood 'awakenings' were composed of the "voodoo"drums scenes from SHE



SHE - HAMMER 1965

there are some stories in books whose title I cannot recollect just now, about how various denizens of Notting Hill were recruited to portray 'depravity" in the SHE hammer films

obviously, Tiki and exotica rely on racism: @sufi please delete this thread!

 

[0bleak]

apologies in advance

 

[Benny Bunter]

 

[Benny Bunter]

Depraved racist forum

 

[william_kent]

CHAOS INC - Daktari Ooh Ah

Racist shit!

 

[line b]

Great thread glad you liked the bar suspended

 

[william_kent]

Great thread glad you liked the bar suspended

did you finally notice my sailor jerry tattoo post?

Hori Smoku - Sailor Jerry: The Life and Times of Norman K. Collins ( 2008 )

Who knew that Sailor Jerry was such an asshole? Turns out he was a racist sexist bigoted right-wing libertarian dickhead. Also a legend in the tattoo world. There's a lot of bullshit in this documentary, not all of it originating from Sailor Jerry. Other famous tattoo artists recount tall tales. Ed Hardy tramples all over Sailor Jerry to get an "in" with the Japanese masters that he ripped off. Crazy Eddie Funk gets angry at always being second place to Jerry.

I watched this in mixed company so when Sailor Jerry talks about "dial a cunt" there was indignation in the air.

but... it was an interesting glimpse into a long gone subterranean scene, which has been replaced by what the old timers sarcastically refer to as the mainstream "black tee shirts"

I'll still drink the rum named after him though - it's cheap and does the job

 

[sus]

I think there is something interesting happening with color schemes, e.g. from Man in the Gray Flannel Suit

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